Month: July 2022

Kanye West nearly joined A Tribe Called Quest, according to long-time collaborator and friend Consequence. During the recently-released trailer for the next episode of Drink Champs, Consequence revealed that there were serious discussions to add Ye to the groundbreaking hip-hop group for their final album. 

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“What many people don’t know is that Kanye, at one point, was supposed to join Tribe for their last album,” Consequence revealed to a silent room. As DJ EFN and N.O.R.E raised their eyebrows, they inquired whether these discussions occurred prior to Phife Dawg’s death. 

“No,” Con responded, confirming that the conversations occurred following Phife’s passing. ‘Cause Phife passed away, Kanye was going to join Tribe.”

In a separate statement to HipHopDX, Consequence confirmed that Ye was nearly a member of A Tribe Called Quest for We Got It From Here…Thank You 4 Your Service.

“Initially after Phife Dawg passed away in March of 2016, there were several conversations and sessions to insert Kanye into A Tribe Called Quest for the final LP, We got it from Here…Thank You 4 Your service,“ he said. He explained that he couldn’t reveal any other details until the episode of Drink Champs aired. However, he promised that the story would be told in its entirety.

Though Ye didn’t end up in ATCQ for their final album, he did appear on the record, “Killing Season.” 

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Miles Bridges, who is a restricted free agent for the Charlotte Hornets, is facing three felony domestic violence charges, after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend in front of their two children, last month. The 24-year-old is being charged with one felony count of injuring a child’s parent and two felony counts of child abuse under circumstances or conditions likely to cause great bodily injury or death.

District Attorney George Gascon says that the case “includes an allegation of causing great bodily injury on the domestic violence victim.”

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“Domestic violence creates physical, mental and emotional trauma that has a lasting impact on survivors,” Gascon added, according to ESPN. “Children who witness family violence are especially vulnerable and the impact on them is immeasurable.”

While the DA’s report mentions the children being present for the alleged assault, it did not specify what the child abuse counts exactly stemmed from.

Mychelle Johnson, the mother of Bridges’ children, shared pictures of her injuries and a medical report on Instagram, earlier this month, which read in part, “Brain concussion; Closed fracture of nasal bone; Contusion of rib; Multiple bruises; Strain of neck muscle.”

Both the Hornets and the NBA say that they are aware of the situation and are investigating the allegations.

“These are very serious charges that we will continue to monitor,” the Hornets said. “As this is a legal matter, we will have no further comment at this time.”

Bridges is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

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Logic says that he put Vinyl Days together in under two weeks so he could get out of his contract with Def Jam. Despite the quick output, he says that he left Def Jam with “some of the dopest shit I could give them.” Logic discussed the making of the album and his excitement to go independent during an interview on Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast.

“I made that album in 12 days so I could get off Def Jam,” he admitted on the show. “That’s my favorite part – I’m off Def Jam. I made that album so I could leave, and guess what? I left them with some of the dopest shit I could give them. It’s not like I just wiped my ass. What am I excited about? I’m excited to be independent, I’m excited to do my thing.”

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Logic added: “I’m really happy to know that I represented and low-key was the face of the label — one of the illest Hip Hop labels of all time — and that I sold millions and millions of records and gave them billions and billions of streams, and that it was a good partnership. And I couldn’t be happier to get the fuck out.”

In total, Logic released seven albums on Def Jam including Under Pressure, The Incredible True Story, Everybody, YSIV, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, No Pressure, and Vinyl Days. He also put out the Bobby Tarantino mixtape trilogy on the label as well.

Vinyl Days was released back in June and features DJ Premier, RZA, Royce da 5’9, The Game, and several other notable guest appearances.

Check out Logic’s comments on the album below.

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Police arrested Kodak Black on drug charges last week after he was pulled over during a traffic stop. Though Yak was hit with charges of possession of a controlled substance without prescription and trafficking in oxycodone, his lawyer insists neither will hold in court since the rapper actually does have a prescription. 

Per TMZ, Kodak Black’s lawyer Bradford Cohen said the pills discovered in his vehicle at the time of the arrest were prescribed to him to combat chronic pain. Cohen explained that doctors prescribed Kodak Black pain medication to help cope with the pain but also, long-term injuries that he suffered in prison. Yak previously accused prison guards of assaulting him in prison and still suffers from pain from the injuries he sustained.

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Cohen said that he handed over the appropriate paperwork and proof to prosecutors to settle this issue immediately. 

The Florida rapper was arrested last week after police said that he was driving with expired tags and illegal tints. They said they smelled marijuana which prompted them to search the car and discovered $75K in cash and 31 oxycodone pills. He was eventually released on $75K bail.

“Never judge a case based on an arrest,” Cohen said after Kodak posted bond. “There are facts and circumstances that give rise to a defense, especially in this case. We negotiated a bond of $75,000 and we will move forward with resolving the matter quickly.”

We will keep you posted on anymore updates surrounding Kodak’s case. 

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